Thesaurus results for SIDEBOARD

sideboard

noun

ˈsīd-ˌbȯrd

Definition of sideboard

as in cupboard

a storage case typically having doors and shelves all of the silverware was kept in the sideboard

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Recent Examples of sideboard Pick up a pretty velvet loveseat for an 82 percent discount, or give your space a mid-century makeover with a charming sideboard that’s more than $900 off. — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Leading the design selections is a sideboard from ca. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026 If there's a Southern sideboard in view, there's a casserole dish brimming with corn pudding on it. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026 The antiques market isn't all Federal mirrors and midcentury sideboards. — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sideboard

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Noun

Prior to the Hoosier cabinet, a kitchen area would have some shelves, a separate work table and a corner cupboard.

— John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
In smaller apartment or townhouse renovations, homeowners sometimes rely on overhead cupboards instead.

— Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026

Definition of cupboard

Noun

Our linen closet has long doubled as a medicine station — stocked with bronchodilators, pinworm pills, antiviral medication, pain relief patches, pulse oximeters and nebulizers, vials of Prednisone, even EpiPen injectors.

— Allan Ripp, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
There was a closet full of phones people had thrown at the wall and dents in the drywall nobody ever explained.

— Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of closet

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Mosley attempted to get out of bed, and hit her head on the dresser.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
One of my first memories of any kind is sitting on my parents’ bedroom floor, craning my neck to watch the ’91 World Series on the old TV atop their dresser.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of dresser

Noun

Greene doesn’t have to look farther than across the clubhouse at Great American Ball Park, where Antone’s locker resides.

— C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Taped to the glass divider of Ryan McMahon’s locker, a drawing of Trent Grisham stares at the Yankees’ clubhouse.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

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